Is the Driving Enthusiast an endangered species?

By John LeBlanc For most Canadians, mid-February is the glass-half full or glass-half-empty time of winter. If you are a self-avowed Driving Enthusiast, like myself, you’re probably sitting on the optimistic side of this fence. Better driving conditions and unearthing the summer set of wheels is only a few weeks away. However, I am afraid […]

Hummer goes down without much of a fight

By John LeBlanc Not a surprise to many, Government Motors will wind down its Hummer brand after a proposed sale to China’s Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machines fell through. Hummer now joins Pontiac, Saturn and Saab in the GM abandoned brand bin. Now, I never really understood Hummer. Okay, that’s only half true. Hummer was […]

2010 Geneva: Plagiarism is the sincerest form of laziness

[svgallery name=”Bertone_Pandion”] By John LeBlanc What with Detroit losing its mojo (Wha? A new Focus is the most-exciting car? Meh…), and Frankfurt taking a break this year, next week’s motor shindig in Geneva is shaping up to be “the” car show of the year. One of the best features of the annual Swiss show is […]

Top 10: Worst SUV Wannabes

[svgallery name=”Top_10_SUV_Wannabes”] By John LeBlanc What with today’s small car craze, it’s hard to believe that at one point in the late 1990s, sports-utility-vehicles roamed the North America byways like herds of 18th century bison. Large, ill-handling and gas-guzzling contraptions like the Ford Explorer, Chevrolet Tahoe and Jeep Grand Cherokee were some of the top-selling […]

The Trouble with Toyotas: $100M saved applying “cheap” floor mat fix

By John LeBlanc Toyota President Akio Toyoda ’s appearance this week in Washington to defend his company’s actions on the unintended acceleration crisis isn’t getting off to a great start. A newly released internal Toyota document claims the Japanese automaker saved more than $100 million (U.S.) by convincing U.S. safety officials to end a 2007 investigation […]

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